Compass, Knots and Lashing...

and Geocaching!

Foxhound and I went to a day long training for Girl Scouts - we had found #898 & #899 very close to the training facility and planned to grab #900 in the park directly across the street from the training - after we finished.

The course proved to be "too difficult" for Foxhound - and she "threw in the towel" - tho she REALLY DID get a lot of the info that even the adults were struggling with...

At our table was a "newbie" to Geocaching - she'd just cleared her first 25 finds... we invited her to join us on our #900... which she did... I mentioned before that geocaching is a strange small world... people you never think you'll met - suddenly show up at places you don't expect.... turns out her good friend - is the owner of a cache that gave us FITS and about four visits to find - and in a post he'd written that he took some "newbies" with him to verify that it was still there - when WE were still trying to find it... SHE was the "newbie"!

We love Geocaching!

Why? Because I love coffee and this is a FREE SAMPLE...

I have been SO busy with Girl Scouts.... don't get here much... in fact - I forgot all about "here"...

til next time...

Strange Small World

We geocache - www.geocaching.com for everthing you want to know.

We found it accidentally. At O'Neill Regional Park where we volunteer. A stack of pages and a green decon container... the container was found by Rangers - way off trail. They asked if we knew about "this geocaching thing" - nope - found out and contacted the owner of the container and three other caches in the same area - all requiring bushwhacking which - is not allowed in the park...

We have now over 700 finds and I recently became a Girl Scout Leader. Had to take training. Second night of the meeting we are to write activities our girls might enjoy under pre-written titles on large sheets of paper. I write GEOCACHING - the one dad in the class comes in and ask "who wrote geocaching"? I did! - He says they know about it, they do it, but haven't been in a while - doesn't exactly remember his caching name... I know a cacher with HIS real first name - the one on his name tag. So I ask his last name - !!! It matches the name of the cacher I know! I say - YOU are "oc_bobwhite !!!" YOU are the reason WE cache!!!

I find out he just needs to get equipment fixed - replaced - I was beginning to think we'd caused him to stop caching - because of the Rangers at the Park...

life is funny.

Saddness

We spent the weekend in Las Vegas (Dec 1-3). When we returned home Foxhound found her guinea pig, Mr. Fuzzles, laying in his cage, dead. His cage mate was rather upset... and squeaked when we took Mr. Fuzzles out.

Foxhound was very sad but, since we have no idea how old either Guinea Pig is as we adopted both of them... she is taking the entire event very well. We buried him Monday evening. No plans to get a new one.

I"ve Got a New Red Coat...

Bill Cantos!

"...Took everything I owned and sold it - that's how much this coat is worth...
... one arm then the other... Suddenly every care I had in the world was gone... I started dancing.... spinning around and around..."

Just a few words from the song...

I LOVE this song! It always gets me spinning around too.

I even had the pleasure & honor of meeting Bill one day at KSBR in Mission Viejo.

I've GOT a NEW RED COAT.

"Turkey Day"

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am the only one in my house awake (except for the dog) right now and it is 8am!
Listening to DJ on KSBR ON the computer. Saturday: "A Whole 'Nuther Thing" Bob Goodman's annual Harry Chapin show. wonder WHERE my HArry Chapin CD got off to this time.

Dog has been "banished". He seems to think he must be on my lap - always - but, he's just enought too big that he can't get comfortable in my lap and then jumps to the chair next to me. Still feeling the need to be WITH me he paws at me making it nearly impossible to type or use the mouse. THIS gets him "banished" to the other side of the closed door. SO - he lays in the hallway waiting for me...

Girl Scout Ages

OK - so here's the answers to Foxhound's question of the other night.

Daisy Girl Scouts (GS) Ages 5 and 6 K-Grade 1
Brownie GS Ages 6 to 8 Grades 1 - 3
Junior GS * Ages 8 to 11 Grades 3 - 6
Girl Scouts 11 - 13 Grades 6 - 8 "?? Old Juniors - Young Cadettes"
Girl Scouts 13 - 15 Grades 8 - 10 "Cadettes"
Girl Scouts 15 - 17 Grades 10 - 12 "Seniors"

JUNIORS are sometimes refered to as "Girl Scouts" and nothing else... often by people familiar with "Boy Scouts" ALL of the above listed age ranges and levels are GIRL SCOUTS - even the little "Daisy GIRL SCOUTS" ALL of them.

Foxhound was trying to figure out who's where in our new troop and how many "Brownie Scouts" we have. I believe that answer is "one". A "Bunch" of Daisies (LOL) and a few Juniors.

Anyway - had I told her that Brownies are "7" then a week from now when I would tell her that they can be "6 - 8" - she tell me "you lied to me" - thus the "don't carve it in stone" that I told her earlier this week.

It can be a bit confusing with the overlaps... it is how Foxhound is a second (or third??) year Junior THIS year. heck - even I am confused.

IT'S FRIDAY!!

Foxhound & Flashlights

It gets too dark too soon! Foxhound is now mad at me... Flashlight in someones eye that was walking in the other direction and I told her... "don't shine it in peoples eyes" Then on the way home (we baled on the other two caches RIGHT near here) she asked me a question that I was unsure of the answer. I told her I wasn't sure so don't lock it in stone... then she starts saying "never mind then" . Fine. I tell her to stop talking and that I would too.

She just keeps on and on pushing and pushing.
I wonder... does she act like this at school?? Is THIS how she "gets into trouble" there???

What is this Blog Stuff?

Came here because of our Church Pastor's BlogSite.

was reading something about "On Beyond Zebra" and "having it all together" and "Change".

not sure what to do here.

Foxhound got me to be a leader for her NEW Junior Troop. I feel like I don't know wht I am doing even though I was Girl Scout for years and have watched her former troop nearly EVERY meeting.
Stay tuned...